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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Samuel Johnson
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784 (aged 75)
Bio: Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.
Known for:
- The works of Samuel Johnson (1710)
- A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759)
- Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779)
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